Tensions rise between GOP leader Thune, White House over stalled Trump agenda

Tensions are rising between Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and President Trump over the Senate GOP’s inability to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act or emergency funding for the Pentagon at a critical moment during Trump’s second term. At a rally in Marietta, Ga., on Wednesday, Trump fumed at the Senate’s failure to advance his agenda, telling a crowd: “We’re having a hard time in the Senate. … It’s like the Senate is a place you send things when you want them to die.” Then on Thursday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that...